Podcasts by Phone

Every listener is strongly encouraged to send us one contribution per year.
In episode 636 pokey told us that his Mother also listens to the show from time to time
To make it easy for everyone and anyone to contribute we now have call in lines

US: +1-206-312-5749

UK: +44-203-432-5879

Please include your name and email address.
DON'T FORGET TO ADD THE # SIGN AT THE END
Thanks to Russ Woodman - K5TUX and Arron 'Finux' Finnon for making this possible.

Automation and RSS feed

RSS Feed: Delayed as it requires DB changes

Website: Site update that will allow you to upload a show on the website.

Syndicates Shows

I'm running into some difficulties with how best to address syndicated shows and I'd appreciate your feedback.

The background is that I'm trying to specify scheduling rules (http://hackerpublicradio.org/calendar.php) trying to been fair to everyone but also with a view to automating the task. I've taken the view that shows produced for HPR will get priority in the schedule before syndicated shows. This brings up the question of what is a syndicated shows.

If a show is posted to a RSS feed before been posted to HPR then it would be considered to be a syndicated show. However we have had resubmission of a series that was on a podcast that faded so probably no one heard them. Are theses shows now syndicated or do I schedule them as HPR shows ?

We have also had submissions from a host that posts to the HPR FTP server and their own feed at the same time. Because of the delay in HPR scheduling they come out later than their own RSS feed. So are these also now syndicated ?

After hearing 635 Dismal Science:: Cloudy Predictions I was reminded that the speech Freedom In the Cloud: Software Freedom, Privacy, and Security for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing by A Speech given by Eben Moglen at a meeting of the Internet Society's New York branch on Feb 5, 2010 would be ideal for HPR. Then Fifty OneFifty emailed to say "I noticed there hadn't been any recordings from LUG meetings in a while. I thought you might want to ask for submissions where meetings or talks (from various fests) are already recorded." With the scheduling rules as they are at the moment, the syndicated don't ever get played.

Time critical

Scheduled Slots

New Hosts

HPR Content on a First in First Out basis.

Syndicated shows on a First in First Out basis.

On the other side I've had comments that the "Flood Gates" had been opened on the HPR feed.

So thinking about it I was thinking of reserving Tuesday and Thursday for syndicated shows, LUG talks, Speeches and the like.
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Comments

Comment #1 posted on 2011-01-31T16:26:05Z by Curbuntu

Telephone feedback

Ken,
You have a great idea in setting up the call-in option for episode submissions. But there's another idea that can ride dial-in's coattails -- audio responses to episodes. Yes, most comments will come via text; but it would be nice to *hear* a few responses in your first-of-month admin episodes. (Thanks for doing these, BTW.)

Comment #2 posted on 2011-01-31T20:46:07Z by Ken Fallon

Comment Feedback

Great idea.

Ken.

Comment #3 posted on 2011-01-31T23:31:14Z by Code Cruncher

Competition questions

Ken,
3 questions regarding the competition:
- What's the deadline?
- Where do we send designs?
- What format(s)? (probably .ai and some pict eg. jpg)

Comment #4 posted on 2011-02-01T06:29:15Z by Ken Fallon

Competition Answers

- Enough time to have them ready for oggcamp
- admin at hpr
- jpg and svg and then other formats

Ken.

Comment #5 posted on 2011-02-06T00:12:07Z by brother mouse

LO

Heard the Linux Outlaws plug; it was a good one! They spent a good deal of time talking about HPR.

Comment #6 posted on 2011-02-08T17:57:15Z by pokey

You called my mom out!?

Haha. When I told her I swear I could hear her blushing over the phone. I think she's gonna' do one too. It should be fun.

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